Karpathos environmental sites

Caves: At Pigadia:
The cave of Neptune (Posseidon); at the site of Myloi, a monumental
chiselled structure believed to have been a tomb or a shrine, in what
seems to have been a widely usual style in Eastern Aegean. Traces and
indications suggest the existence of a wooden kiosk in front. This may
have been a shrine dedicated to Venus, a goddess having enjoyed a wide
popularity amongst the masses. There have been various statuettes of the
goddess unearthed around Pigadia.

Most probably there has stood an open-air sanctuary to Venus at the cave
of the Virgin, 2km farther, towards the region of Vathypotamos. This
cave has suffered extensive corrosion, partly as a result of its
intensive use by shepherds.